Who says mass media is dying? As newspapers and magazines migrate onto the Web, the reach and brand power of these periodicals is actually going to grow—along with their capacity to promote your practice. With reporters and editors hungrier than ever for low-cost, high-quality copy, there has never been a better time for lawyers to [...]

If you’re like most lawyers, the thought of networking makes your skin crawl. That’s because you haven’t learned how networking really works: it’s nothing more than relationship building. Join Jennifer Loud Ungar and learn how to build a strong professional network to draw from for career success. In this program, you’ll learn: How the web [...]

On Tuesday, June 16, I’ll be speaking on an alternative legal careers panel as part of Getting Back in the Game: How to Restart Your Career in a Down Economy, a day-long seminar sponsored by the New York City Bar and Vault.com. The panel runs from 1:45-3:00 p.m. Here’s the full program agenda: 9:45 AM [...]

If you’re like most lawyers, your “to do” list is overflowing, and you probably feel that you’re facing an uphill battle just to get the “must do” items completed—never mind the fresh ideas you’d like to implement for better client service, business development, or just taking a few moments to enjoy lunch. Join Julie A. [...]

Often, articles in the mainstream legal media about contract lawyers focus on the large law firms that, through staffing agencies, hire armies of attorneys (either foreign or domestic) to do document review work. So it’s refreshing that Downturn May Have an Upside for Contract Attorneys, an article in today’s National Law Journal, discusses the world [...]

Everyone talks about branding your firm, but few talk about the more important concept of branding yourself. You are your own brand: how you dress, move, and speak convey reams of information about you that is quickly absorbed by your audience. You have only seven seconds to make a first impression. In You are Your [...]

Back by Popular Demand! Want to get started as a contract lawyer, but don’t know where to start? In this teleseminar, nationally-recognized contract lawyering expert Lisa Solomon answers these important questions: What is the most powerful way to market your services as a contract lawyer? How much should you charge, and how can you make [...]

Internet-based tools, from e-mail to online legal research, are fundamental to the rise of appellate practice and contract lawyering as viable practice niches. The web is critical not only to how we do our jobs, but also to how we market our services to other lawyers. A blog is one of the most powerful tools [...]

In Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, authors Bryan Garner and Justice Antonin Scalia advise lawyers to “[b]anish jargon, hackneyed expressions and needless Latin” from their briefs. You can accomplish this goal, and write more persuasive briefs, by applying the principles of plain language legal writing. Plain language legal writing refers to legal [...]

Legal Research & Writing Pro officially launched in May of this year. Since then, I’ve had the extraordinary good fortune to get to know many lawyers across the country who are committed to improving both their practice management and legal writing skills. To thank everyone who has supported LRWP throughout the year, and to help [...]